Awesome Tips How Many CPU Cores Do You REALLY Need For Gaming? 🤔 5900x vs 5800x vs 5600x vs “5300x”
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What’s the BEST Gaming CPU? I’ve grabbed the Ryzen 5900X, 5800X, 5600X and “5300X” and my ultimate Ryzen Gaming PC Build 2021 – how many CPU cores you need?! W/Cyberpunk Gameplay Benchmarks! Sponsor: OMEN 15 & Nvidia (Amazon aff)
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I’ve always wondered if the amount of cores CORE-esponds to gaming performance
Just an update. I've been gaming with a 5600x for the past two years. Yesterday I installed a 5900x in my system (same gpu) and my machine is way more responsive in gameplay . Less lag. 5600x works great but the 5900x feels better at 1440
in 2022 at least 4 cores….
Just got the Ryzen 9 5900x on sale the other day, and it has been great so far, OC to 4.5 all core and it did a Multi-Core Cinebench score of 22406 and the other benchmarks great at an avg 47c. 81c was the hottest it got on some Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste I had lying around.
Just got a 5900X for $339.99. Great CPU at least for the next 3 years.
5600 non X is enough for 1440p gaming! 140 quid on Amazon right now, with free Uncharted collection worth £45!!
I cant decide between the 5900X vs the 5800X3D , right now in canada they are both 469.99$ , I have an ASUS 3060 KO 12GB and 32GB RAM , I game and edit videos mainly… what should I go for… I heard the 5800X3D is the best cpu for gaming rn but also the 5900x has more cores so I am leaning towards that.
Bro… I've been playing with 2 cores…. I used the Athlon 3000g… Now I see why my game crashs so much🤔
This guy is awesome 🙂
i use an i7 9700k 8 core since Oct. 2020, still going very strong
SOOOO all i need is the 5800x for gaming? running discord warzone and playing a youtube music playlist should be handled just fine with the 5800x rtx 3080 ti build?
you are the only channel I found that actually tests how performance is when disabling cores just out of curiosity. Very interesting video you deserve a sub
As just a "casual" gamer, I have a 5700X (paired with a 3070Ti, and a big "thank you" to ASUS for making the older X370-A motherboard compatible with the 5xxx CPU's). Probably "overkill", but what the hell… 🙂
Even my 2600x is sufficient for all games in 1440p and at least 60 fps.
I have 3300x & Asus tuf gaming 5600XT Oc gpu. Worth the upgrade from 3300x to 5600x? Here in my country 5600x is selling for 230$
My Pc is used for playing games mostly & to do live streaming on different platforms together.
I recently just purchased an i3-12100f. Probably should have gotten an i5-12400f to go with my RX 6700 XT.
You need all of the cores. Nothing but threadripper 64 core monsters
How are you viewing CPU and GPU utilization like that?
i like your blog today,, i think i need 8 cores is enough for gaming
i clicked on this video thinking it was a joke canon to how much ram do you need because my brain completely blurred core
I'm so glad that you finished tomb raider
Im confused, did this guy just tell me 1080p gaming is more intensive on your cpu than 4k??? (1:22)
At the beginning of this video, I was thinking Harry Potter. Then later in vid You waved your wand and said you said Harry Potter. 🤯 07:36
Grabbed a 5800x for a more future proofing and 6 cores is a slacker now adays especially in 1 even 2 years
do all the systems have same bloatware that is on normal pcs hardware ? or are they all fresh builds ?
please add frame pacing which is where you notice a good CPU
Good video tho
This dude is a 50 50 mix between Austin Evan’s and Linus tech tips
Why is 5700x never mentionned ?
What if I run the same hardware at 1080p, but limit the fps to 144?
So how long is your hmm… Screw driver?
I think 12 cores for me personally is a good hard limit as in well, why would i need a 16 core ?
I have intel i5 6600k plays everything he mentioned here with decent settings and most maxed out. Maybe another two years I’ll upgrade to high end system at a discount.
I really wish people would get away from just looking at a frame counter and benchmarks and explain the differences and advantages to a better cpu. Like having bigger cache sizes and more consistent frame times, faster load time, and a bunch of everyday use stuff.
i got 5600x cpu with a 6900xt . it bottlenecks my gpu . So its not enough for high end gpus.
Then which processor should I choose? I am confused. Everything looks kinda the same to me except those chores
Building my first pc thinking about getting the 5600x
I wouldn't recommend purchasing a HP product, if there are alternatives, HP kinda sucks.
With my R7-3700x @ 4.5ghz + 32 gigs & Rtx 2060 Super @ 1080p 🎮 CyberPunk & S.O.T.T.R. both go Over 50% Cpu usage a lot and i don’t have discord or YouTube running in the background , etc ….. 🕹
Hi sir need your help i saw your video and i got inspired in building my own but now i have I'm getting a red light on the motherboard next to the CPU how do i get that fixed please.
was thinking of getting the 5800x but chose 5600x was this a bad idea i play warzone valorant with spotify,steam, discord in the background